Happy 3rd Birthday Meagan

Three years ago today we were blessed with child # 6. Meagan was one of those surprises, but we are so happy she blessed our family. She has been the highlight of our lives. We decided early on in the pregnancy that we did not want to go to a hospital for delivery. We had went to a birthing center for the two prior children Zach & Andrea. We really liked the home atmosphere feeling and was not thrilled when the birthing center had shut down. So we opted for a home birth with a midwife.I have to say I was a bit nervous about it, but also excited that we would be home and not have to run to someplace once labor started.Everything went as planned and she graced our presence on March 5th, 2006. We have had so much fun with her. And I think as you get older the small ones just seem more fun. She is so cute with her actions and we just ooh and Ahh over everything she does. She is definately the "Baby" in the family.
Happy Birthday Meggy Poo! We love you!

Happy Birthday Brittany!!!

Seventeen years ago today our home was blessed with a wonderful little blonde haired ,green eyed bundle of joy. Brittany has been a joy and blessing in our lives. It's hard to believe that time has flown by so fast. Brittany has grown into a beautiful young lady and we are so proud of her. Brittany, we wish you a very happy birthday and hope to celebrate many many more. We love you!!

Something Funny

This seems to be the happening thing going around, so in my spare time thought I would try what I have seen on a few other blogs.Everyone needs to try this one. Go to Google and type in your name and the word "needs" . I typed it in like this..."Betty needs". See what you come up with. Unfortunately there is a show on TV called Ugly Betty so I came up with quite a bit of Ugly Betty needs, so I skipped over that. But I did get a few things out of it; Below is my list:

1. Betty needs a real Sanctuary. (this was pertaining to an elephant needing her own place)

2. Betty needs a baby. ( Don't think so!)

3. Betty needs a car seat(suppose I would if I had a baby.. not happening!)

4. Betty needs a pacemaker ( I surely would if i needed the 2 things prior)

But the funniest part is... when we arrived home from work last night we stopped to get our mail out of the mailbox and you will never believe what was in the mailbox...a box of baby formula! I think I about had a heart attack right there. Guess I will be needing that pacemaker soon!

Valentines Day...Friends, Food & Music

Saturday for Valentines day we headed off to Orlando to a Gaither Homecoming Concert with 2 other couples.We got there early enough to have a late lunch/ early dinner and then head over to our hotel to change clothes and head to the concert. We had seats in the nosebleed section wich didn't go over well with me. I get very claustrophobic when I am tired. After camp meeting and entertaining many days and some late nights I was more than exhausted. I was looking forward to a relaxing evening , but knew that if I stayed in the seats we were in I would surely have some type of panic attack. So after hearing the first few songs we headed to an empty section and sat at the bottom of the nosebleed section. Much better!! We actually had some air circulating. So the remainder of the concert was much better and enjoyable.
The line-up of people I can remember right off were: The Collingsworths, Ivan Parker, Janet Paschal, The Hoppers, Ernie Haase & Signature Sound(they were great by the way) and of course the New Gaither Vocal Band with Bill Gaither, Wes Hampton, Michael English, David Phelps & Mark Lowry.
It was a great concert and we had a lot of fun. Afterwards we headed off to get a dessert , which ended up in a shared meal between each couple at 11:30 at night. We went to PF Changs. Never been there but it was excellent! We had ran into Thomas & Erin Enyart who moved to the Orlando Area so they met us there and we had alot of fun! Below are a few pictures , my camera does not take the best pictures in the dark, maybe it's also the photographer.





The Collingsworths

Collingsworths



Ernie Haase & Signature Sound

Gaither Vocal Band

Afterwards at PF Changs (Paul Carroll ,Joe Snyder & Angie Snyder & The back Of Thoms Enyarts head

Joe Syder with his Wall of Chocolate Cake

Happy Anniversary Mom & Dad!!

Today my parents celebrate 45 years of marriage. I want Mom & Dad to know they are the best parents anyone could ask for and I hope you celebrate many more years together. This crazy bunch here in Florida Loves you very much! Happy Anniversary!!


A little sidenote: This picture is a picture of a picture. I tried scanning the picture, but when I went to upload to blogger it kept telling me it was in the wrong format. So As I rushed around for work, I got the bright idea to take a picture of the picture. As you see, with the flash on, it shows a spot, but without the flash, I couldn't get enough light. So... the end product,- bad picture of a picture. Sorry!!

Gaylord Palms ICE

The Saturday after Christmas we headed to Orlando to the Ice sculpture show they have every year at the Gaylord Palms hotel. We have been one other time a few years ago and thought it would be fun to go again. Let's say our trip was eventful as usual. We got a late start, which is nothing new for this crew. So of course everyone was hungry , but all the drive thru restaurants were done with their breakfast. Someone mentioned Sonic serves breakfast all day, so we thought great! There is one at the Fort Pierce exit off the highway so we opted for that route. Of course as luck would have it, we hit a horrible accident just up the highway just past the Stuart exit. This was right beside the rest area where we got stopped. As we sat in traffic for at least 45 minutes, my wonderful husband decides he just wants to try and kill us all and so we decided to try 4 wheeling. He did a u-turn on the interstate and we drove the wrong way on the berm of the road until we got to a turn around where most of the cops sit I think. Well it wasn't long until we had some followers. We crossed over the highway and went back to the next exit and got off and headed out another way. Let's just say we were having an adventure.
Well we finally make it to Sonic, order our food. And as we get our food one of the drinks was a large grape Limeade. Well, the bottom busted out of the cup as it was put into the cupholder, so we had a wonderful mess to clean up. Let's say adventure # 2 was fun! We cleaned up the mess, ate our nasty food(not impressed with the breakfast at all) and we were on our merry way. We did pass about 3 more minor accidents along the way, but finally made it to the hotel.











This is a picture of the outside of the hotel. Beautiful place!



The Ice show is made up of alot of Ice and they keep it a frigid 9 degrees. So coats are required. We took our own , but most of us opted to also wear one of the blue parkas they give you. So with both coats on it wasn't bad. But it did make us look rather large.These coats help you slide better when you go down the Ice slides at the end. We all did it, and it was rather fun! I did see a few people in shorts and flip flops going through in our group. What crazy people!

Afterwards we stopped at Krispy Kreme for some yummy doughnuts. Ours closed in our area, so we don't get them alot because they just aren't as fresh from the gas stations or the grocery store in the pre-packaged boxes. But they'll do in a pinch.
We grabbed 3 dozen so we could have some for Breakfast Sunday morning. Rod was happy when he came out!

Christmas lights

The day after Christmas we loaded 2 vehicles to accomodate our family and friends and headed toward Palm Beach Gardens to check out the lights. One of the neighborhoods usually decorates alot with each street usually having a theme they do. But it didn't seem like there was much participation this year. There is also another street with pretty much 100% participation and they go all out. We tried to take a few shots, but night pictures just aren't our thing. So hopefully you can get some idea what it looks like.